What is the best internet source for news out of Iraq?

[malachi]

Don't tell me the BBC,(journalists in-bedded) or Al-jezeera (content stinks).

Thanks

[aden_nak]

1. Fox News.

Unless you're an American hating terrorist.


;)

[malachi]

2. Your're being sarcastic, right?

[aden_nak]

7. Holy crap yes!

[Midlodemocrat]

3. I like the BBC, or the independent.

[UpsideDownFlag]

4. DU's LBN forum. nt

[seafan]

5. juancole.com is excellent. n/t

[Cooley Hurd]

6. juancole.com

The best site for Iraq news, period! He's lived there before and has a myriad of sources he consults with to this day...

http://juancole.com

[izzie]

8. I read all those and also see what Raed is saying.

Few others. Iraq at a glance and Today in Iraq and Daha Jamail

[MARALE]

9. Iraqdaily.com

It gives many sources and stories.

[The Blue Flower]

10. optruth.org

[DELUSIONAL]

11. http://www.empirenotes.org/

I've heard the editor of this website interview on the Mike Webb show -- he's good.

Someone on DU recommended this website last week.

http://www.empirenotes.org/

[nine23]

12. It's very difficult...

...to find unbiased news reporting in Iraq for one simple, obvious reason: it's America's Gaza strip. And it has been since day one of the war.

In the lead-up to the war, reporters from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation had to decide whether or not they wanted to be "embedded". They decided against it for two reasons.

Firstly, and this may come as a surprise, news agencies pay $100,000-plus for the "privilage" of going along for the ride. This supposedly covers safety, security and uniforms, etc. . The CBC basically said "Fuck it. Let's just save the money and use pool reporting/feeds, because at the end of the day, it's all going to be the same anyway...". Also, they said paying for this "privilage", at it's very core, reeks of the lowest form of tabloid journalism.

And secondly, Ian MacDonald, a brilliant CBC reporter who covered the Middle East for years prior to the war and now covers Washington, had this to say: "Using my old beat, Gaza and the occupied territories, as an analogy, THE VERY THOUGHT OF ME COVERING THE NEWS IN GAZA WEARING AN ISRAELI ARMY UNIFORM IS NOT ONLY LUDICROUS, IT'S FUCKING DANGEROUS FOR OBVIOUS REASONS."

Canadian reporters also found that they were'nt really "welcomed", either, even if they paid the fees, because Canada didn't support the invasion. It was only when it was pointed out that Canada, having several thousand troops in Afghanistan, (getting bombs dropped on them by American "fighter pilots on speed"), that the US military "lightened up".

In a nutshell, good luck finding unbiased reporting ANYWHERE, including the internet, because journalists are now no longer trusted, again for obvious reasons.

You may not like it, but Al Jezeera is the most viable alternative.